Clinical Focus

• Neurology
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Clinical Neurophysiology
• Electromyography

Administrative Appointments

• Director, Residency Program in Clinical Neurophysiology (1995 - present)
• Director, Stanford Neurodiagnostic Laboratories (1994 - present)
• Director, SHC/LPCH Evoked Potential Laboratories (1991 - present)
• Director, SHC/LPCH Electromyography Laboratories (1991 - present)
• Director, Stanford Multiple Sclerosis Clinic (1974 - present)

Honors and Awards

• President, American Association for Electrodiagnostic Medicine (1997-98)
• President, AAEM Foundation for Research and Education (1997-98)
• Director, American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine (1999-2005)
• President, Association of California Neurologists (2002-04)

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Neurology and Neurol Sciences
• Neurosciences

Community and International Work

• NMSS Clinical Advisory Board, Santa Clara County 
• ACN Board of Directors -Consultant, Sacramento 

Current Research Interests

Clinical electrophysiology of the peripheral and central nervous systems, including nerve conduction velocity; electromyography (EMG); and visual, auditory and somatosensory evoked potentials. Application of digital signal processing techniques in clinical neurophysiology for diagnosis of neurological disorders and for neurological rehabilitation. Multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis and treatment. Implementation of new methodologies for teaching clinical neuroscience to undergraduate, graduate and medical students, residents and fellows.

Publications

• Effect of moyamoya disease on neuropsychological functioning in adults. Karzmark P, Zeifert PD, Tan S, Dorfman LJ, Bell-Stephens TE, Steinberg GK. Neurosurgery. 2008; 62 (5): 1048-51; discussion 1051-2
• AAEM minimonograph #47: normative data in electrodiagnostic medicine. ff. Dorfman LJ, Robinson LR. Muscle Nerve. 1997; 20 (1): 4-14
• Phase 1 clinical trial of chimeric monoclonal anti-CD4 antibody in multiple sclerosis. Lindsey JW, Hodgkinson S, Mehta R, Siegel RC, Mitchell DJ, Lim M, Piercy C, Tram T, Dorfman L, Enzmann D. Neurology. 1994; 44 (3 Pt 1): 413-9
• A comparison of turns analysis and motor unit analysis in electromyography. McGill KC, Lau K, Dorfman LJ. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol. 1991; 81 (1): 8-17
• Polyneuropathy, ophthalmoplegia, leukoencephalopathy, and intestinal pseudo-obstruction: POLIP syndrome. Simon LT, Horoupian DS, Dorfman LJ, Marks M, Herrick MK, Wasserstein P, Smith ME. Ann Neurol. 1990; 28 (3): 349-60